The unfolding situation at Wimbledon FC is terrible. But the last thing Albion fans should do is get waylaid by sentiment.

The bottom line is Brighton have been there and come out the other side. It is not our problem anymore.

Brighton play at Selhurst Park a week on Saturday and some supporters are suggesting a boycott as an act of solidarity with Wimbledon fans.

Call me selfish, but my main priority that afternoon is for Martin Hinshelwood to put out his strongest side and for Albion to come away with three points.

If, through mismanagement off the pitch, Wimbledon are going to press the self-destruct button and go down like the Belgrano all well and good. It is one less team Albion will have to worry about this season.

I'm prepared to cross any picket line and I think that goes for the overwhelming majority of the Albion support.

Yes, a number of Wimbledon fans did support Albion in their hour of need but I don't remember any visiting supporters staying away from games.

I believe the Wimbledon hierarchy will rightly get what's coming to them, regardless of whether the massed ranks of Albion support attend the game or not.

I will never forget Fans United. It was a great event but the Albion have moved on since then and it is wrong to still dwell on the past.

There were Eastern European fans at Fans United. Does that mean anyone with a spare room is duty-bound to take in any football-loving asylum-seekers?

No, the Brighton anoraks and bobble hats can stand outside Selhurst if they want, joining hands and singing Joan Baez songs.

But the vast majority will be doing what they do best, inside the ground, supporting the team and hoping for another away win.

As Lewes found out last season, a sustained run in the FA Cup can prove to be very lucrative. So if the unfortunate clubs knocked out in the first qualifying round miss out on the money trail, the very least they can do is make hay while the sun shines regarding gate receipts.

The legendary velvet bag at Soho Square has provided Sussex with its very own Cup Final when Bognor entertain Worthing in the first stage two weeks on Saturday.

In Sussex non-League terms this game is huge. But, sadly, because on the same afternoon a short distance away Portsmouth take on the Albion, it won't get the large crowd it deserves.

I don't want to teach either Jack Pearce or Beau Reynolds how to suck eggs but have the clubs thought about switching the game to either Friday night or Sunday?

If it was, a four-figure attendance would be a real possibility, but up against the derby game at Fratton Park both teams, especially the losers, will feel it in the pocket.

It appears I am not alone in my thoughts about Albion's new black away strip.

I cannot recall an Albion kit attracting so many negative comments since the Seagulls ran out in the early Nineties in a pink kit with NOBO on the front. Probably politically correct, bearing in mind Brighton's gay capital status.

The debate will run and run because I cannot see anyway the club can change the design. My favourite comment came from the wag who said Dick Knight wanted to keep up with Norwich City, who got Bruce Oldfield to design their strip, but dialled the wrong number and got Bruce Wayne instead!

Having said that, the Albion haven't lost in it yet, so could it be the year of the bat?